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Round Lake reports K–8 I‑Ready gains; four schools meet typical growth benchmarks
Summary
District staff reported fall-to-spring improvements on I‑Ready reading and math placements across kindergarten through eighth grade, with four of seven K–8 schools meeting I‑Ready's typical growth target and early dual-language kindergarten results flagged as unusually strong.
At its July 21 meeting, the Round Lake Area Board of Education heard a district report showing measurable fall-to-spring improvement on the I‑Ready adaptive reading and math assessments for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. The presentation, led by district assessment staff, summarized three main measures used by the district: grade-level placement, annual typical growth and annual stretch growth, and showed that four of seven K–8 schools met or exceeded I‑Ready's typical growth benchmark in reading and four of seven met it in math. Casey, a district presenter, said: "Typically, 50% of students are expected to make their annual typical growth in a given school year," explaining how the median progress…
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